# List of awards and nominations received by Gene Hackman

American actor Gene Hackman was known for his distinctive and authoritative leading roles on stage and screen. Over his four decade long career he received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was also Oscar-nominated for three other roles: that of Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967); a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970); and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
He won two Golden Globes for both The French Connection (1971) and Unforgiven (1992) as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his comedic role as the family patriach in the Wes Anderson comedy-drama film The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). He was Globe-nominated for his roles in The Conversation (1974), French Connection II (1975), Under Fire (1983), Twice in a Lifetime (1985), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Hackman received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2003.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Best Supporting Actor | Bonnie & Clyde | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Supporting Actor | I Never Sang for My Father | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Actor | The French Connection | Won |
| 1989 | Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1973 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The French Connection / The Poseidon Adventure | Won |
| 1975 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Conversation | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | French Connection II / Night Moves | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Superman | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Unforgiven | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1972 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The French Connection | Won |
| 1975 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Conversation | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | French Connection II | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Under Fire | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Twice in a Lifetime | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Mississippi Burning | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Unforgiven | Won |
| 2002 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Royal Tenenbaums | Won |
| 2003 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Honored |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Get Shorty | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Birdcage | Won | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result |
| 1988 | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | Won |
| 1988 | David di Donatello Award | Best Foreign Actor | Mississippi Burning | Nominated |
| 1971 | National Board of Review | Best Actor | The French Connection | Won |
| 1974 | National Board of Review | Best Actor | The Conversation | Won |
| 1988 | National Board of Review | Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | Won |
| 1996 | Satellite Award | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Birdcage | Nominated |
| 2001 | Satellite Award | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Royal Tenenbaums | Nominated |

## Film critic awards

| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result |
| 1967 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Bonnie & Clyde | Won |
| 1969 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Downhill Racer | 3rd place |
| 1971 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award | Best Actor | The French Connection | Won |
| 1971 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | The French Connection | 3rd place |
| 1971 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | The French Connection | Won |
| 1974 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | The Conversation | 2nd Place |
| 1981 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | All Night Long | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Bat*21 | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Mississippi Burning | Nominated |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Another Woman | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Full Moon in Blue Water | 2nd Place |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Split Decisions | 2nd Place |
| 1992 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |
| 1992 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |
| 1992 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |
| 1992 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |
| 1992 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Won |
| 1992 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Unforgiven | Nominated |
| 1995 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Get Shorty | Nominated |
| 2001 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2nd Place |
| 2001 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums | Won |
| 2001 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums | Won |
| 2001 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Acting Ensemble | The Royal Tenenbaums | Nominated |
| 2001 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums | Nominated |

## Military awards

Gene Hackman's military decorations and medals include:
* U.S. Marine Corps Basic Qualification